Education

SCHOOLS – Annual report card shows some local elementary schools lagging

April 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Several Kamloops district elementary schools have some improving to do, according to a new report card issued by a B.C. think tank. The annual Report Card on B.C.’s [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Running a big university is not an easy gig

April 21, 2018 // 3 Comments

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of Thompson Rivers University’s new president had scarcely been made before word got around about a high-profile incident he’d been involved in at his [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Teamwork, collaboration are key parts of local education

March 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

By JOE SMALL Trustee, School District 73 IT GOES WITHOUT saying, providing education to more than 14,000 students in several communities across hundreds of kilometres of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time for some plain talk about sexual violence in our schools

February 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF WE’RE GOING to have a serious discussion about sexual violence in our schools, let’s be crystal clear what [Continue]

EDUCATION – Universities have schizophrenic attitude on public service

January 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

By ALEX USHER President, Higher Education Strategy Associates I HAVE A STRONG message today. It’s mostly for people in social science fields (especially Deans and [Continue]

EDUCATION – Navigating the big, bad world after graduation

June 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

“AND NOW GO, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being [Continue]